In the 19 days since her June 25 filibuster, ABC, CBS and NBC have devoted 40 minutes, 48 seconds of their morning and evening news programs to stories including Davis. That’s more than three times the 13 minutes 30 seconds they gave Gosnell during the entire 58 days of the murder trial.

Again, Davis was filibustering a state bill in a state senate – the kind of event that might merit thorough coverage in Austin, Houston or Dallas, but very rarely makes the Big Three evening newscasts. (The 40 minutes 48 seconds excluded discussion of Davis on the network Sunday talk shows, as well as the “Sunday Spotlight” report about her that appeared on ABC’s “This Week.”) And the networks didn’t find themselves responding to a growing news story. They made it a big news story; CBS “Evening News” featured a live report from outside the Texas senate on June 25 – in the middle of the Davis filibuster.

Numbers don’t do justice to the fawning nature of Davis’ coverage. On the June 26 “Today,” NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell enthused that “Davis came ready with comfortable pink sneakers. At times, she was passionate … other times defiant.” And, lest viewers think countenancing late-term abortions is anything other than a no-brainer, O’Donnell assured them that “Her message struck a cord with the topic ‘Stand with Wendy’ trending on Twitter throughout night.”

Among those who “stood with Wendy” was the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff.

During the Gosnell trial, Kliff wrote and tweeted about everything under the sun but that trial. Molly Hemingway tweeted a question at Kliff: Why aren’t you covering Gosnell’s trial?

Kliff responded.

@MZHemingway Hi Molly – I cover policy for the Washington Post, not local crime, hence why I wrote about all the policy issues you mention.

As good as the MRC’s study is, I’m not sure that it really captures the full range of media bias on these two stories. While the mainstream media have made Wendy Davis a national name, they have studiously ignored the hard fact that the bill in question was sponsored and championed by women. One of those women is Dr. Donna Campbell, an emergency room physician. She might know a thing or two about why abortion clinics should be upgraded to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers.

The allegedly mainstream media never bothered to ask her. They were too busy worshiping Davis and her stupid pink shoes.

Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, was a founding blogger and producer at Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.